Maps.com Announces the First Ever Reusable Adhesive Wall Map

Santa Barbara, CA, February 19, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Unique ‘Wallzilla’ technology allows them to be mounted without hardware, such as screws, pins or rails, making the maps simple and convenient to display. Almost any surface can be used, from sheetrock, fabric or wallpaper to wood, stone or stainless steel.

“Hundreds of our map products are purchased as visual aids for the office or to use at meeting venues, where drilling holes or pushing pins is inconvenient or even prohibited” reveals Maps.com’s President John Serpa. “The adhesive backing gives the customer the flexibility to display a visually stunning map wherever and whenever required.”

Wallzilla adhesive maps can be removed and reapplied hundreds of times without losing adhesion or damaging the surface they are mounted on, making them an excellent choice for offices, classrooms or the home.

This is a truly new development in an otherwise mature market, according to Serpa. “Even in a world of low-cost GPS, and free online mapping solutions, there is still a huge demand for printed display maps. We have utilized a revolutionary media for very traditional content. The convenience that it offers to consumers for business, education and home use is what makes it such a great innovation.”

Made from a woven polyester and printed with fade resistant inks, the maps perform in a variety of, and changeable, climates, without stretching, cracking or tearing. From the classroom to the office, the boardroom to the bedroom, the maps just ‘peel-and-go’.

Maps.com World and USA wall maps are available in a range of sizes up to 79” x 53” and when it comes to mounting these giant pieces Wallzilla makes it easy. Wallzilla maps can also be printed in extremely long pieces that can be seamlessly pieced together for ‘giant’ exhibition maps that are quick and easy to display and remove. Custom promotional maps featuring store locations and other corporate information can be produced in this format.

The ability of Wallzilla to be removed and repositioned means that it can be used for one-off presentations and displays – for example to demonstrate sales territories, distribution centers or customer locations. Because there are no pins or rails required the installation is a quick and easy process and completely reversible.

Wallzilla maps are delivered in standard poster tubes with a backing paper which can be retained for storage after use.

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